With the release of "The Chaos Breed" and its instrumental counterpart, Necropsyk decided to take on a new look in the music scene. Going from Industrial/Dark Electro to metal was a big change for Osiris Morte. He plans on keeping similarities in the genre change, but ultimately decided the switch was for the best. Osiris joined forces with Rex Ruins (guitar) and Disarray Doll (keyboard) to make this new vision a reality. He is still on the search for members that are capable of playing his new material, and Necropsyk's first single "Freakshow" will be released December 12th on Itunes, bandcamp, etc. Prepare for a new era of Necropsyk!

With the chimes that accompany a ballerina in a sadistic music box, Chaos Breed opens up the album with a dark tone and harsh vocals. The hard hitting electronic bass that comes in spontaneously managed to floor me in every sense possible. The adjacent placement of the lighter elements to darker tones brought out a terrific outing for the album.

Driving forth more of an EBM derived beat, though not just solely sticking with that genre as more club elements manage to break out, the tracks turn up the volume and delivers a high octane element that you can certainly dance, if not, stomp to. The vocal work presented here is superb, and on spot in every instance rung out in the whole album.

With an electro-industrial feel slamming out, the clash of classical instrumentation with modern day technology boasted a pretty energetic and unique song. Diving into electronic territory, Necropysk pushes forth another wonderful album that's backed by elements of trance. More approachable for a wider audience, that is fast and fun.

With a renewed frenetic energy ebbing off, chemicalutilized the pitch perfect lead vocals to switch between energized and fast vocals to more held notes, all the while the beat never loses its hyper tension.

Hailing from the underground Manchester metal scene, Collibus are a five-piece female-fronted progressive metal band of tour-de-force proportions.

Having won the 2013 Parliamentary Rock the House Discretionary Metal Award, Collibus made history by becoming the first heavy metal band ever to play a set in the House of Commons; had the music video for their winning track Dead Inside featured on Scuzz; and released their debut album The False Awakening all in a matter of months.

The January debut album launch was impressively followed by a quick succession of major festivals snapping up Collibus onto their lineup – with Download Festival, Graspop Metal Meeting, Sonisphere Festival, Wacken Open Air.

With a firm emphasis on melody, although Dream Theater have become a synonym for melodic-but-technical prog metal, Collibus are distinguished from the UK prog powerhouse in the regard that melody is made to be the most prominent aspect of the sound. Even if they may occasionally jump into a melodic territory, the music is built on steady song structures over the hi-tech instrumentation one tends to expect from the genre. Leave It All Behind and Break The Silence are two examples of Collibus’s impressive ability to merge the longform scope of prog metal with the tight songwriting craft you would usually only find in songs of a more typical length. They can be commended for putting an emphasis on something that the prog metal style often ignores. Each of the pieces on this album feel excellently paced and structured. The concise approach does not lessen the excitement of the instrumental sections that are usually asked in the genre. Instrumental parts do not feel restrained; it’s as if they complement Fox's beautiful voice and vice versa. A very good example for that is Hollow ,which comes with warm, uplifting sound that spreads all over the record.

Hailing from the filthy streets of Hollywood, California, comes 4 piece American metalcore outfit Tempting Fate. Busting on the scene like a breath of fresh air, Tempting Fate has set out to deliver a unique blend of music with a style all their own. Although predominately metalcore, Tempting Fate has a dynamic sound, drawing influences from both death metal and electronica. Their music can be described as heavy grooving, melodic, and fast metal focused on catchy choruses and harmonized guitar solos. The band was formed in 2010 by brothers Cory Beecher and Shane Beecher, and consists of Cory Beecher (Vocals), Shane Beecher (Guitar), Matt Campbell (Bass), and Austin SinClaire (Drums). Tempting Fate has managed to build a strong following in Los Angeles through performing live at multiple concerts/showcases over the past 3 years as well as the Sunset Music Festival in 2012. In 2013, the band decided to hit the studio to focus on their new sound and new album.

For 2014, Tempting Fate is looking to take things to the next level with the Spring release of their latest 8 song EP "Illusions", which was written, recorded, and produced entirely by the band themselves. This brand new album is a brain crushing mix of heavy deathcore, electronica, and melodic guitar leads that is sure to leave you wanting more.

Musically this album is an technical affair, ramping up the shred to some rather mind bending levels, with the transitions between the light speed runs, tight modern metal riffing, and mathy stop start sections seamlessly binding it all together. It's rather impressive considering just how many shifts and change ups there are in each song.

When the band isn’t chugging away they’re mindlessly hitting you with sweeps at each turn. It’s fast and there is certainly a lot going on. Of course there are a lot of dynamic shifts and tempo changes.

Brought together by a passion for heavy songs, Our Last Crusade utilizes extended range instruments to craft their take on metal. After releasing 3 EPs and developing a reputation as a must-see live act, the band travelled to Audiohammer Studios to record their debut LP due to be released in 2015. “We want to play the music that we love, and we want to play it for as many people as possible. This is our crusade.”

This EP feels like a highly concentrated exposé on anger and honesty, an expansive piece of work featuring more nuanced introspection alongside the exploration of varying shades of humanity’s lowest lows through well-developed audible structures. As a whole, the expansive atmosphere of this band from a production aspect wraps up the record in an ultimately satisfying fashion as it allows the band’s far-reaching sound and dark tones to flourish.

Death Ape Disco are a ferocious and expansive hard rock band from Brighton/London UK, for fans of Down, Alice In Chains, Clutch, Orange Goblin, Soundgarden, and more. Death Ape Disco combines massive hooks and harmonies, huge grooves, and great musicianship to create skyscraper-sized headbanging rock music. Death Ape Disco will rain down riffs and harmonies until the sun explodes.

If you’re looking for a fresh sound in today’s rock scene, then look no further than Death Ape Disco. They mix the down-tuned guitars of modern hard rock with bands such as Down-influenced southern rock. And unlike some modern rock bands who just sprinkle on a few bent notes as an afterthought to a typical post-grunge sound, they utilize the southern rock sound to the fullest and create an excellent sound that’s anything but generic. They pull together their rock, grunge, and metal influences into a very confident-sounding album

They’re the rare modern rock band where no member really upstages the rest since each one is so talented. The vocals are complimented well by the talented companions. The guitarists display strong chops, making the most of their influences in their riffs and fills while also proving to be adequate at delivering the crunchy metal-influenced riffs as well. They also deliver plenty of magnificent guitar solos throughout the album. The drummer demonstrates a high level of technical skill for a rock drummer. He makes his presence known throughout the album, playing ear-catching patterns and constantly throwing in fills to mix things up. He locks in with the guitarists to make each song memorable.

Portuguese death/groove metal act MONOLYTH have released its debut album «Origin» on October 10th. The momentum was celebrated with a blazing show at Bar do Estudante with their countrymen REVOLUTION WITHIN, KRITTER, TERROR EMPIRE and SOTZ.

«Origin» was recorded in Audioplay/Palco Central Studios, in Portugal, with producers Andrés Malta and André Rodrigues, this latest being responsible for the mixing and mastering at Fullpower Studios. The record also comprises special featurings by André Macedo [COLOSSO, ex-NEBULOUS] and Andrés Malta [MUNCHIES, ex-BEAUTIFUL VENOM] on the tracks «Fake Symptom» and «Denied And Broken», respectively.

This album comes packed with plenty of reassuring brutality. The songs are heavy, riff-laden, and intense vocals that scream deep are entrancing complete with death metal growls This style of playing goes magnificently with a well-amplified sense of melody. The music is consequently dark, memorable, and seems to possess a theme within each song.

Not only is "Origin" a brutal album, but it also more unique, memorable, layered and complex. Bringing all of these talents together has made each song different and unforgettable across many paths, with plenty of variation. Monolyth has proved that they hold a hidden flare for enhancement deep within their loins, and anything may be possible. What we already know is that they are well on their way to a promising upward slope.

A Punk Rock Band from Milano, Italy, formed in 2010. The band consists of lead vocalist and (amazing!) guitarist Sebastiano Bianca AKA Wez, the other handsome lead vocalist and bass player Daniele Magistrelli AKA Panda, our guitarist Luca Storari AKA Petey (no adjectives for me, as I don't wanna sound presumptious) and our incredibly skilled she-drummer, Federica Piscopo AKA Fedy.

Admittedly I'm not the biggest fan of the punk or even pop punk/rock genre but after a lengthy listen of this album it sure has grown on me.The punk vibes of the album can be heard most clearly on "TGIDD" with the nasty crooning and the heavy drum beats that drive the entire album. Anger isn't a true theme of this album, but the powerful vocals truly convey some intense personal feelings. The production values on this throughout the album, are crystal clear, perfectly leveled, and are part of what makes "TGIDD" so listenable and lasting. This might be the pop punk/rock album of the year. I want to dance, I want to mosh, I want to sing, I want to stage dive, and I kind of want to punch some one in the mouth. I envy thee, if you are lucky enough to catch Alleyways live I bet it's a show not to be missed.

Recently I reviewed the upcoming EP "The Elevation Of Idoicy" from Newcastle bound "The Creep Void".

It's by far one of the best EP's that I have heard in a long time and I strongly suggest that you check these guys out. The review has been the most viewed on here to date and naturally I wanted to know more about them.

First off many congratulations with the new EP. It was very well received here at MM. Could you tell us more about it?

Cheers mate, thanks again for the review. TEOI is our follow up from our debut album Apotheosis, it's by far our best work up to now, we're all really proud of it. Its taken alot of time to get it recorded and we really cant wait til its released. It's unofficially a concept EP in the fact that all the songs are connected in one way or another through people that live in Idiocy weather that is chasing fame, or being head over heels in love, its all a type of idiocy we put ourselves through to understand each other. The title is both a celebration and condemnation of idiocy

The cover art is one of the best I've seen in ages could you tell it what it means or symbolises?

Yeah its amazing art, a guy called dominik kucera, done the pictures so i dont really know what they mean to him, but for me it represents an almost fake ascension, you have the elevation but the woman has no soul, and i just thought it would tie well into the idiocy concept that runs through the EP. Luke Scott took the original pictures and turned it into the design we have today

So what is the band and you're sound all about?

We are all about playing honest rock and roll, high energy, plenty of riffs, melody, a bit of everything. Our ethics come from being really good mates first and foremost, and i reckon that translates perfectly on stage or recording. I like to think we have an edge to our band, we try to make the next song sound nothing like the last one if possible, but the main thing is to just have fun with it, if your not having fun then there is no point being in a band

What bands have been your influence?

We all have individual influences like but mainly for us Queens Of The Stoneage, Nirvana, Silverchair, Nine Black Alps, those kinda bands.

The launch party for the EP is looking pretty damn awesome, what have you guy's got planned for it?

Aye we cant wait, got 3 amazing support bands who are all good mates of ours Masamune, The Raging Sickness & Edenthorn. We've got a few nice little things going on, but probably best to just see it as it happens

Coming from Newcastle and running MM I've got a good incline on how the local 'underground' scene is. What do you make of it?

Talent wise we have so many amazing bands, especially in alternative rock music, but i just think there is no real scene to be part of, you dont need to leave the house to check bands out and ultimately to have a scene you need fans, and not enough people are turning out for unsigned gigs, wether thats down to shit promotion, bands not promoting, or just lack of interest from people, hopefully it changes sooner rather than later, because the quality of bands we have up here, the northeast could be a real hot bed for alternative bands being successful.

So with the EP release what are your plans for the rest of this year and next?

Once the EP is released and promoted, we're gona head back into recording with Richie at TruStudios to start work on our 2nd album. Hopefully sort a UK tour for 2015, make some videos, and just try and keep the momentum going. We're excited, just see how things pan out.

The Creep Void are an alternative rock band based in Newcastle.Having formed in 2011, they have built up a solid fan base with high energetic gigs, playing all over the UK. Playing a ferocious brand of alternative rock with brutal riffs and melodic driven choruses. New EP "The Elevation Of Idiocy" will be released on 1st of November at The Bridge Hotel in Newcastle, and released via Itunes,BigCartel, and Spotify on 3rd November.

The EP begins with 'I'll Be You're Masochist' – it is composed brilliantly in terms of the instruments being used, and while it is lyrically quite simple, it remains catchy and enjoyable. The next song, 'Persona Of Many', has a wonderful 90’s rock feel to it, with the mellow start building up to a chorus worth belting out, which will be resonating around in your brain for days to come. Song number three, "Needles To Say', is a definite crowd-pleaser, with a thumping beat and the almost-growls of the vocals making it a stellar track. And, last but definitely not least, is 'When You Look Into An Abyss, The Abyss Also Looks Into You' – a great album closer, with a slightly lighter feel compared to the other songs, but this certainly does not take away from its excellence.

Overall, this EP is a joy to experience, with each song adding to the foundations of a great band in the making. I’m expecting to see these guys grace a big stage sometime very soon, and I really hope they eventually get the widespread recognition that they deserve.All in all, it is one of the best EPs I’ve heard in a very long time, and I highly recommend that you all check these guys out

Breaking out onto the music scene with a style that's completely their own, Sheffield born and bred quartet Inherit The Stars are an explosion of sound that should not be missed.

With all four members already being well-aquainted with the stage, their live shows ooze energy, creating an impressive gigging experience. Listing some of their major influences as bands such as Fightstar, Funeral For A Friend, Enter Shikari and Chiodos, Inherit The Stars are most recognisable for their powerful rock riffs, lulling string arrangements, adrenaline-filled synth lines and distinctive choruses.

The album is very much free-flowing which i find is essential to the 'Inherit The Stars" sound. With that said any one of these tracks can be grabbed, placed in a playlist and won't become obscure and unlistenable.

Once its grown on you and you know the tracts, you can tell there is an obvious diversity in their sound and style. An animosity is clearly shown with the many breakdowns which seem to be overpopulating the heavier music genres these days. This is what makes this band stand out from the rest